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Shannon Sankstone
This is the first in a series of articles designed to provide researchers and marketers with tools to gain a degree of clarity and insight into how the economy will affect their firms.
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Allan Colman
Lawyers who find ways to provide clients with incentives to hire the firm ought to be rewarded accordingly. The principle seems sound enough but, as usual, the devil is in the proverbial details.
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Michael DeCosta
With the average tenure of a law firm Chief Marketing Officer hovering around three years, business development and marketing executives might wonder if the profession offers a healthy career platform for them long term. Here's what they need to know.
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Who's doing what; who's going where.
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ALM Staff
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Who's doing what; who's going where.
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Stacy Edelstein Hyken
In recent years, the rise in the use of electronic documents, especially e-mail, has unquestionably changed the face of discovery in all types of types of litigation. As a result, the obligations counsel has in responding to discovery requests for electronic documents have been rapidly evolving. This article discusses what you need to know.
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Anne Ciesla Bancroft
In order to get what they pay for, businesses need to ensure that their separation agreements protect the company's interest to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
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Beverly W. Garofalo
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Sally D. Welch
The ADAAA, which takes effect in January 2009, took aim at two United States Supreme Court decisions rendered during the last decade that were viewed as substantially limiting the scope of covered disabilities under the ADA. This article discusses what it means to you.
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Michael E. Mooney
Whatever compensation system a firm selects, it will work in the long run only if it has the confidence of all of the firm's partners. Based upon the author's experience, that confidence can best be won by providing a role in the process for all partners.
Allan Colman, the Closers Group, www.closersgroup.com
PRE - CLIENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT I. Before beginning to pursue a current or recent client, lawyers need to ask and answer the following questions.
